FDA approves new drug for treatment of polyneuropathy caused by hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis (hATTR). This is the first FDA-approved treatment for this rare, debilitating and often fatal genetic disease and the first FDA approval of a new class of drugs called small interfering ribonucleic acid (siRNA) treatment.

The Reimbursement Committee and the Danish Medicines Agency have reviewed medicinal products for the treatment of heartburns, sour eructations and ulcers ('acid-related disorders') in order to assess whether they meet the criteria for public reimbursement.

The Reimbursement Committee’s recommendation concerning the future reimbursement status of medicinal products in ATC group A02 (drugs for acid related disorders) was open for consultation until 15 March 2010.